Vikings 23, Cardinals 20 – Staff, Bleacher Report

The Arizona Cardinals lost some momentum on the other side of their Week 11 bye, losing 16-6 to the Seattle Seahawks on the road. They’ll continue to travel and face one of the league’s best squads.

The Minnesota Vikings squandered a 3.5-point cover last week, allowing the Chicago Bears to score 11 points in 22 seconds, but [Bleacher Report NFL analyst Gary] Davenport believes they can force the Cardinals offense to be one-dimensional like the Seahawks did last week with a stout run defense, which will allow them to win decisively.

“It’s a hard call – the Cardinals struggled to generate offense last week in Seattle, but six of Minnesota’s nine wins are by single-digits this season,” Davenport said. “The notion of this coming down to a late field goal isn’t far-fetched…”

“But with T.J. Hockenson back at tight end, the Minnesota offense is stacked, and the Vikings run defense is as good as any in the league,” Davenport added. “That should be enough for the home team to clear this number.”